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San Jose Christian
School Faculty
Becky Breiland
 Professional
Biography
I graduated from
Calvin College in 2000 with a B.A. in U.S. History and
an English minor. After graduating, I took a job teaching
6th grade English and history at Milpitas Christian school.
While I loved teaching English and history together, I
really wanted to teach eighth grade U.S. History, so I
took a job at Achiever Christian School the following
year. I taught 8th grade history and English for four
years at Achiever before moving to San Jose Christian.
Currently, I am working to complete my master’s degree
in Curriculum and Instruction at Santa Clara University,
and I hope to graduate in the coming year.
Personal Biography
My husband and I have been married for
three years, and we attend Church of the Chimes in San
Jose. We enjoy doing many things together including traveling,
biking, going to the beach, playing games and any other
fun adventures that we manage to plan. Swimming has always
been a big part of my life, and I coached in addition
to teaching for many years. In the last year I’ve
scaled back from swimming and now enjoy teaching private
lessons in the summer time. I also enjoy playing field
hockey with my team, the Silkes, up at Stanford during
the fall. I like to make sure that I always have a good
book available to read and recently have taken up quilting.
Philosophy of education
I believe that each of us is created
as a unique individual with a purpose: to bring glory
to God. We are called to use the gifts and talents that
God has given us, and school assists us in developing
those gifts and talents—even helping us discover
some we didn’t know about. Education should give
us the opportunity to discover and work with new material
and learn how we can be agents of change in God’s
world. The discipline of Social Studies allows us to see
how we fit into God’s world. It teaches us about
other cultures and people, both of which are gifts to
be explored. In this area of study, we are also given
the responsibility to be active participants in our communities
so that we affect it in a positive way.
One of the things I hope to communicate
to my students is that if you do “it” with all
your heart, it’s pleasing to God. The “it”
can be playing sports, being a student, playing an instrument,
working at a job, whatever God has given you the capabilities
to do. I believe students are best served when school,
church and home work together to raise children that view
the world as belonging to God, and where they see the
importance of being God’s hands, feet, and voice
to the world.
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